Wow Andria, i didn't know you wrote poetry. Your post was beautiful! When my son was 19 years old, he spend his third year in college as an exchange student in Japan. That same year, my daughter joined the Army instead of going to college at age 17. I went from two kids living at home to (swish), no kids living at home. The silence in my house was deafening. When i went food shopping i still bought the same amount of food for four people even thou there were just the two of us. Maybe both my kids moving out at the same time has something to do with the fact i have five dogs. I am content with my life as it is now, but am just sooo thankful that i have precious memories of when my kids were little and they called me mommy instead of mom.
Carl will be home soon so i guess i better start thinking about supper.
Take care.
Gloria
Tricia: I sympathize with your "boyfriend" story. However, remember muscle weighs more than fat, right Tony? I think you really need to move on to another "boyfriend". Your "how do your clothes fit boyfriend" and your "how you look in the mirror boyfriend".
Congrats to Will!!!!
Gloria: I am better - almost normal. I actually washed dishes and am now doing my laundry. It's still raining here.
Enjoyed your "boyfriend" story. WOW you and Carl work FASSSTTTT!!!!
Andria: I am so jealous of the tomatoes!!! I can't plant for at least two more weeks. Hmmm I used to country dance, does that count? I can make bread too - in my bread maker Becareful who you want to hook me up with - I am old, ya know.
Well, I have paperwork to do for myself and my Dad's stuff. Not as though I don't get enough at work!!!!
Food was good today again.
Do you all want to do the 2 LBS IN 2 WEEKS CHALLENGE again?
Guess who got called in to work last night. I'll try to not fall asleep at the computer while typing.
Lucky, you make me smile, know that? This isn't a bad thing, BTW. I really need the 2x2 challenge again. Any other ideas for a monthly challenge?
Gloria, poetry? No. Just opinion pieces that turn into feel good pieces some months.
Tricia, I love how you are willing to step back and reevaluate your plan to make it work for you. I think that is where most people fall to the wayside, to tell the truth. They get fixated on one "proper" way to diet, and they can't look beyond their blinders.
Chelsea, good to hear you are doing better and so is the computer!
I'm truly falling asleep here, so going to go hit the bed. Take care, all!
Lucky, you are absolutely right and that is exactly what I intend to do. I stepped on the scale today and was back down to 164 - I was so excited. But it made me stop and think as to why I stepped on it in the first place and why the number is so important to me. I think it is because I've never gotten this far before. I've weighed a lot less than I do now but I only had to lose 10-15 pounds to get there. And back when I did that there wasn't any talk of BMIs, fat percentages, etc. It was the number on the scale. So, this stage of the process is very foreign to me.
Logically, I know that from here on out the scale will not be the best indicator of my progress, if even a good one. But I've been programed to judge my success on actual weight for so long that it is going to take time and effort to adjust my attitude. For all of my talk of size 10 jeans and muscle gain, deep down I still have a number in mind that sometimes overrules everything else.
To add to the confusion, this is the first real attempt to lose weight since having children. So, what I have in mind 130 being could still be way off track. I accept the bodily changes brought on by pregnancy - they are a small sacrifice for the children I have to show for them. Still, there is the mental image that makes it hard for me to know what a realistic physical goal is at this point. I feel like I'm stuck with a, "I'll know it when I get to it" situation. The problem is that I am a planner - always have been, always will be. So it is very difficult for me to feel like I'm just running around like a chicken with its head cut off.
With all of that said, I am working very hard to get to the place that I need to be mentally to successfully shed these last 30 pounds. I know I am doing everything right in terms of diet and exercise so I'll get to wherever it is that I am going - I just don't have a map to follow from here on out. I've got my fingers crossed that I don't get lost! LOL.
Jeez, 8:15PM and I just got home - haven't even eaten my "evening" meal.
I have had three great day with the food and today I walked for half an hour during my lunch. So, why haven't I lost 100 lbs yet!!!!
Tricia, sounds like you are onto a plan. I know what you mean about the number on the scale. It's like you can't believe it so you keep getting on.:
Andria, how about we take the next few day to see if we can come up with something new? I like the 2X2 Challange but like Tricia does with her weight loss, I think it's good to "mix it up".
So come on Tony and you Chicks - brain storm.
We can decide next Monday on our plan, how's that? And NO I am not going on the "riding a bike while balancing chicken and a stool" challange!!!! Beside we already have a winner for that one.
Off hand I thought of "most exercise minutes" in a given period of time.
Hey, everybody, check out my ticker! I am almost to the first smiley face - and that isn't even the good news!
I stepped on the scale this morning not to weigh but to check my body fat percentage. Seeing 161.2 pop up was a really nice surprise but even better was seeing that I've gone from 42% fat to 34%. I feel so encouraged.
I have to go and make my grocery list but I wanted to pop in first and share my good news.
I am so depressed. Since hurting myself playing airplane with hubby and had to take four days off to mend, i just cant seem to get excited about old blue or even the Y for that matter. Yesterday was an exhausting day of driving mother-in-law to the airport and cleaning up water from my neighbors toilet overflowing. (Neighbor is very ill and is unable to take care of himself. When his toilet got stopped up and proceeded to overflow, he called his daughter-in-law but she wasn't home so he called me). I need a good old fashioned pep talk. You know, win one for the old gipper. I can actual feel myself gaining weight and old blue is sitting in my backyard calling me but I'm just ignoring her. Poor old girl. Maybe tomorrow, if i feel like it. NOT....... Quick, someone please slap me upside the head to get me motivated again. I've fallen and i cant get up.
Gloria
I have cockel burrs ( if you know what they are, not sure how to spell it) all over the right side of my head AND I CAN'T GET THEM OUT!!!!
I was going to get llama poop for my fertilizer for my flowers but since the last llama died two years ago the area where they pooped is all grown over so while moseying around in the field I must have gotten my head too close to something.
Congrats, Tricia but I didn't fall for the "just checking my body fat" story! :
Gloria WHACK
I know how you feel though. Okay, to help get back into it start thinking of some "challanges" we can do. I expect to see at least two from you tomorrow night when I check in.
Oh, good I just saw my SIL drive in their driveway - off to see if she can help my hair!!! This is NOT a good look for me.
Lucky, I really in truly was just interested in my fat % - but it IS rather convienent that my scale happens to throw the weight out there first. Oh, I know, I could have just closed my eyes but I was so sure it wouldn't have moved I didn't even think of it. Of course, now that I have seen it move I fear turning back into a scale psycho. Heck, I got on it 10 times today just to see the number again - boy is it a spirit booster!
Oh, I know EXACTLY what you are talking about - those sharp, sticky, little devils are the worst. I've never gotten them in my hair though. One time I got my hair tangled in one of those curling iron things that has the brush attached to it. Stupid me didn't think to turn it off while I tried to untangle it all. My hair actually MELTED to the thing and my sister had to cut it out for me. Talk about a bad look. And she will never convince me that she didn't intentionally take out a little more than she had to. I would have done it to her!
Gloria, how is your weather? Have you been getting out much? Sometimes I find that if I stop stressing about exercising and just get out doors I find some motivation. I'll start out on the front porch and enjoy it so much that next thing you know I'm taking a relaxing stroll, my moods lifts and before you know it I'm back in the swing of things. Maybe go back and read your previous posts about Old Blue. Reading how excited you were and how much fun you were having might give you a boost too. I sure hope you find something that works for you. But, I know how you feel. We all get that way sometimes.
We call them sand burrs down here Lucky and they get stuck in everything. Trying to get them out of a dogs long fur is like trying to catch a wild turkey the day before Thanksgiving. Just a little southern humor there.
Hay Tricia, i think if i was doing as well as you are i would be on that scale every minute. You must be bursting at the seams with excitement.
I have an idea for a new challenge. If you don't like my idea let me know, you wont hurt my feelings. I was trying to think of something that all of us could benefit from in our daily routine life, so i am calling the challenge "hurdles. Everyone i think has hurdles that they have to conquer. Example: My hurdle this week is to get back on old blue and get back to the Y. Example: Not eating that ice cream thats in the back of the freezer and nobody knows its there but you. A hurdle could be anything that you know you should do, but just cant seem to make yourself do it. So time passes and that one thing never gets done. It doesn't even have to be about weight, it could be calling a friend that you haven't spoken to in years to trying new foods. Anything. So what do you think? Thumbs up or thumbs down.
Have to get this day started.
Talk to you soon.
Gloria
Thumbs Up from me! I'll just have to think for a little bit which hurdle to go for (I have so many these days!). I'm going to put some thought into it right now so I'll be ready if everyone else signs on. Great idea, Gloria!
Tricia- A great big congrats on losing some more lbs!! Yeah, it's not all about the scale, but I know it feels good to see it go down. I did my weigh in today and I had lost a few more. At my weight I think it comes off faster because I am so heavy. The more you have to lose, the faster the weight comes off at first. So I think that's the main reason I've been losing quite a bit at first. Still, I can only tell a little bit. I mean, 12 lbs out of the 200+ I need to lose is practically nothing. But it still is nice. And congrats on the body fat % being less too!! Yay!!
Lucky-I hope you were successful at getting those things out. I don't know what they are, but I hope you got them out!
Gloria-Don't get too discouraged. I think Tricia's advice is very good. I am even going to take it because I haven't gotten out of this house much. Remember you're not alone. You will feel better once you decide to get back out again. I know it will probably be painful at first, just don't strain yourself too much. Listen to your body and know how much you can do. Just do a little bit at first if you need to. You know your body best, and you will be the best judge of how much you can take. I have to do that too. I really need to go for my walks again. With this cough hanging on, it's been hard for me to get myself out there, but I really do miss it.
I'm gonna go for now, but I'll talk to you all soon! Take care everybody!
Chelsea
I've thought about the "hurdles" challenge and have decided that mine will be to incorporate more unstructured activity. I'm really good about getting out and doing an "official" workout. But I'm not as active as I should be day to day - leisurely walks, gardening, that kind of thing. It won't be long before I've reached my goal and won't need as intense workouts as I do now. I'll always go to the gym but I won't keep up my current pace. If I haven't incorporated more general movement I'll be packing weight back on in no time. It is so easy to justify just sitting around when I know I've done all of the exercise that I technically need. So, my "hurdle" is to do something active twice each day for at least half an hour each time (chasing kids doesn't count).
Chelsea, I know how you feel. One of the reasons I stayed at 214 for so long was because 80 pounds just seemed so impossible. But it was, and so is 200. I didn't see physical results very quickly either. I am only 5 foot 2 so it doesn't take much weight to make me very, very, round. It does however, take losing a good amount of weight before I start seeing a more oval shape emerging. Don't worry, you will get there as long as you stick to your guns. By the way, how is your mom? You had mentioned early on that she might start trying to lose weight too. Are you doing this together?
Alright, I'm off to get dinner partially put together. Karate is 4-6 on Fridays so if I don't do some stuff in advance we won't eat until 8. Have a great afternoon!
I actually washed dishes and am now doing my laundry. It's still raining here.
Now I have a ton of catching up to do!
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This is NOT a good look for me.
